File contains a tour and recording itinerary; set and repertoire lists; and reed parts for: "Eye of the Storm"; "Dminor Diner"; "Taiwanese Bootleg"; "Tip of the Iceberg"'; "Telescope"; "Trouble in Paradise"; "Revolutions"; "Kafka's Chair"; "Life of Crime"; "Side Order from Bb Restaurant"; "High Ground": "Have a Heart"; "Immortal Coil"; "Monk on Time"; "March of the Philistines"; and "Thunder."
File includes bass clarinet parts for "Mood Swing," "Pendulum," "Hum Over the Horizon," "Mail -Order Mantis," and "Free Fear"; clarinet part for "Out and About"; tenor saxophone parts for "Oh My God!!", "Underwater Highway," "Campin Out," "One Heart Suite," "Home Free," "Line of Fire," and Confederation"; baritone saxophone parts for "Bay of Pigs" and Overnight Express"; and alto saxophone part for "New York-Paris-New York."
File contains a facsimile handwritten score for "Rejuvenation"; trumpet, trombone and tuba parts for "Spectrum," "Whirlwind," "Neptune," "Rejuvenation," "Vines," and "Riffin"; and tenor sax parts for "Spectrum," "Whirlwind," "Neptune," "Foundation," "Vines," and "Riffin." The trombone II part for "Rejuvenation" is a print copy attributed to Sam Rivers, and the rest of the parts are stamped "Rivbea Music Productions."
File contains an eight-page annotated guitar part and a four-page annotated tenor part for Paul Cram's "Revolutions." There is also one page of graphic notation for insertion at bar 211.
File contains parts for "Revolutions," a concert work composed by Paul Cram for the Upstream Ensemble in 1992. Parts include trombone, drums, alto saxophone (reed one), tenor saxophone (reed two), bass clarinet (reed three), trumpet, cello, guitar, piano, and bass.
File contains a score and annotated trumpet part for Paul Cram's "Revolutions 2008." The score is for violin, trumpet, alto sax, tenor sax, bass clarinet, guitar, piano, electric bass and drums.
Item is an audio cassette with a recording of a performance by the Upstream Ensemble. The container label identifies "Part the 1st" and "Part the 2nd".
Item is an audio cassette with a recording of a performance at the St. Mary's University Art Gallery by the Upstream Ensemble with members of Symphony Nova Scotia.
File contains two sets of parts for Paul Cram's "Royal Hotel." The first has "Words — Michael Ondaatje" printed at the top and includes parts for voice 1; tenor; trumpet; guitar; violin; baritone; bass; and drums. The second set is marked with the SOCAN copyright date 2005 and includes parts for Eb soprano; alto; bass; tenor; trumpet; guitar; violin; bass clarinet; drums; electric bass; and stereo grand. There is a single part for audio 1 that appears to be from a different printing.
Subseries contains 34 scores catalogued by the Canadian Music Centre ca. 2016. The scores in this subseries are listed in the order of the RSN (record series number) established by the CMC and descriptions contain corresponding call numbers. They were re-foldered along with the CNC envelopes in which they were maintained.
File contains original handwritten scores for Paul Cram's "Hammer and Tongs," written for two altos, bass and drums, and "Down to Earth," written for soprano, tenor and bass.
File contains original handwritten scores for "Tango Oreo"; "One Step at a Time"';"Faster at the Alter"; "(Do the) Funky Fool"; "String Quartet #3"; "Coup d'Etat"; and "Rank and Vile."
Item is an audio cassette with a recording of a performance by the Upstream Ensemble. The container label lists the works featured on the cassette: Steve Tittle- "It looks like Up to Me", Bob Bauer- "Escape from the Bell Tower" (Dolby C), Jeff Reilly- "The Wisdom of Insecurity", Paul Cram- "Beyond Benghazi", and Sandy Moore- "Lady Baird".
Item is an original handwritten composition with eight movements, which include both traditional musical notation and directional text. For example, the first movement simply reads: "Coda I = material from Western Front."
File contains Paul Cram's original handwritten scores for "Moonlight in Rio" (2 copies); "Inside Passage"; "The Lost City" ; Shanghai Express"; "Scotch Drinkers from Hell"; "Have a Heart or Invitation to an Aztec Sacrifice"; and "Concord Ave."
Item is Paul Cram's facsimile score for saxophone quartet and tape, performed June 1984. The first page comprises program notes describing the composition as a variation on the Icarus myth; the second page is a schemata for between movements.
File contains parts for "Taiwanese Bootleg," by Paul Cram for the Paul Cram Orchestra, and include: alto saxophone (reed 1); tenor saxophone (reed 2); bass clarinet (reed 3); trombone; cello; trumpet; piano, guitar; bass; and drums.
File contains an original handwritten score for Paul Cram's "Tango Oreo," written for saxophone, bass and drums. The first page is annotated with "Side B of PC Quartets. Cut #2." File also contains the original handwritten compositions "Give it Up" and "Sleight of Hand."